Posts Tagged "Public Opinion"

New polling from the New York Times shows that in every congressional district nationwide, a majority of adults supports limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. Nationally, about seven in 10 Americans support regulating carbon...

New polling by the Pew Research Center survey support for clean energy development is growing in the United States. The January 2015 survey found that 65 percent of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with just 27 percent who...

In a new national poll on a range of energy and environmental issues, voters expressed strong support for clean energy. Two out of three respondents said that increasing the use of clean, renewable energy should be “very important” goals. Only 38 percent of voters...

In a new nationwide poll of voters who supported President-elect Donald Trump, a majority answered a number of questions showing continued strong support for clean energy and cutting carbon pollution. The poll of 2,000 self-identified Trump voters was conducted by...

Despite president-elect Trump’s frequent statements about the dire state of America’s energy landscape and the need to reinvigorate fossil fuels, a strong majority of those who voted for him don’t share the same beliefs. New polling shows that across...

A post-election survey indicates that the outcome of the Nevada Senate race may have been influenced by the two candidates’ positions on solar. According to the survey, conducted by the firm Global Strategy Group on behalf of conservation groups, the 2-point...

While there is a significant partisan split among Americans regarding climate issues, according to public opinion research by the Pew Research Center, one spot of unity in an otherwise divided environmental policy landscape is that the vast majority of Americans...

A strong majority of more than 1,000 voters from seven eastern coal-producing states would like to see their elected leaders shift away from protecting the coal industry and instead move toward trying to diversify their economies, according to a new poll by a...

Republicans and conservative independents in Ohio strongly support the development of renewable energy, according to findings from a new poll conducted by a GOP polling firm. Among the findings from the survey of 400 Ohio voters: 82 percent of conservative voters want...

Polling results from Montana indicate that even with coal as a historic foundation of the state’s economy, voters are looking forward and strongly support a number of clean energy policies. The September 2016 poll, conducted for the Montana Conservation Voters...

An overwhelming majority of Nevadans support an effort to reverse a utility-supported decision made last year by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission that tacked on new charges for residents and businesses with rooftop solar. The poll of 600 Nevadans found that 73...

Nevada voters strongly favor the development of clean energy in the state, according to a recent poll of 700 likely Nevada voters. Western states should prioritize solar over the next decade, with 61 percent of respondents favoring more solar and 40 percent favoring...

New polling shows that 73 percent of Americans prefer emphasizing alternative energy, rather than gas and oil production, as the solution to the nation’s energy problems. According to Gallup, which conducted the poll of 504 adults from all 50 states, this marks...

A strong majority of Americans supports renewable energy sources, while coal is considered “the worst” energy source more than any other form of energy, according to a new poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. In ranking energy sources from best to...